Word: dillons
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...granddaddy was a Texan, but Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dillon, 54, is an Eastern dude. Nonetheless, he knows that out West, it ain't spurs that go jingle, jangle, jingle, it's those silver dollars the mountain folk use as a status symbol to stun the visitors. Caving in to Western mining-state demands, Congress approved funds to mint 45 million new cart wheels, as recommended by neatly lassoed Dillon, who called them "a traditional medium of exchange in many Western states." So they are, in one vital area of commerce: there's no earthly...
Contrary to popular thought, the majority of immigrants to cities are young families making the change for professional betterment, not adolescents in search of adventure, pointed out Laurence Wylie, C. Douglas Dillon Professor of the Civilization France...
...rising powers, and his influence on economic policy within the Administration is steadily widening. That influence has been enlarged by the situation of the Government's two chief advisers on economic policy: Chief Economic Adviser Walter Heller will leave Government service this fall, and Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon does not expect to be kept in his post for another Johnson term. Gordon has let it be known that he intends to stay, already has more personal contact with Johnson than anyone outside of his inner staff...
...Appeals Court in San Francisco ordered Judge William G. East in Portland to hear alleged Bank Robber Edward J. Dillon's claim that he had been sentenced to 18 years without benefit of a lawyer. Enthusiastically complying, last spring Judge East ordered crack Portland Lawyer Manley D. Strayer to represent Dillon, and the lawyer, toiling in Dillon's behalf, spent 108 hours of his usually high-priced time during a rehearing at which Dillon was resentenced. Federal rules being what they are, Strayer did not expect a penny...
Kinasewich was formally honored and given the award last Tuesday in Dillon Field House where his name will be inscribed on a large plaque...